Broom or mop holder



C. McRAE.

BROOM 0R MOP HOLDER. APPLICATION FILED JUNE I9. 1920.

1,384,6 1 9,. Patented y 12,1921.

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C D P INVENTOR. C/zriajoplzer/fcflaz ATTORNEY UNITED STATEE PATENT OFFICE.

CHRISTOPHER MCRAE, OF SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA.

BROOM on MOP HOLDER. to

App1ication filed June 19,

To all to hem it may concern Be it known that I, CHRTSTOIHER lVIORAE, citizen of the Dominion of Canada, residing at San Francisco, in the county of San Francisco and State of California, have invented new and useful Improvements in Broom or Wop Holders, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in broom holders designed to be secured to a suitable fixture to removably support a broom'or' other similar articles.

The principal object of this invention is to provide a sure and effective clamping means which can be readily brought into use for the purpose of clamping and holding the broom or other articles, and which can be disengaged with equal facility so as to release the articles when desired.

A further object of this invention is to provide a device of the above mentioned character, which is simple in construction, inexpensive to manufacture, strong, durable, and reliable in operation.

Other objects and advantages of this invention will be apparent during the course of the following description.

In the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specification and in which like numerals are employed to designate like parts throughout the same,

Figure 1. is a front elevation of a broom holder constructed in accordance with my invention,

Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the invention illustrating the handle of a broom or mop held by the clamping element, and

Fig. 3 is a top plan view of my device.

In the accompanying drawings wherein for the purpose of illustration is shown a preferred embodiment of my invention, B designates a bracket member comprising a body portion 4 which terminates at one end in a pair of lips 5, which are bent outwardly at a right angle with the plane of the body portion, and terminates at the op posite end in a pair of angular jaws 6, the extremities of the same being parallel. with the plane of the body portion 4. It will be noted that the pair of lips 5 are formed with openings for the reception of screws or other fastening means to secure the holder in place to a fixture.

As shown here, the bracket B is preferably formed of separable sections which are held in close engagement with each other by a Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 12, li ial.

1920. Serial no. 390,141.

stud 7, although the bracket may be made of sheet metal and stamped in one piece.

Secured on the angular jaws 6, adjacent the extremities of the same, there is supported, upon a pivot'S, a concave roller or spool 9. This roller is mounted upon the jaws 6 at a point adjacent the periphery of the roller, which mounting allows the roller to be 'eccentrically positioned on the jaws 6.

The roller 9 has a concave surface formed hereon and has suitably attached to this concave surface a rubber covering 10 for the purpose of frictionally holding and clamping the handle 11 of the broom or mop supported between the roller 9 and a clamping ring or element 12. \Vhile the concave surface of the roller is here set forth as being provided with a rubber covering, it is to be noted that a roughened or serrated surface may also be provided to accomplish the same result.

This clamping ring 12, above referred to, is of a circumference larger than the circumference of the broom handle to be inserted there in, and it will be noted that by providing this form of clamp I have set forth means for easily permitting various sizes of handles to be inserted in the clamping ring. The clamping ring 12 is pivoted at 13 to the roller 9 at a point adjacent the edge thereof and serves as means for holding an article in position on the holder. It will be noted that since the roller 9 is provided with a concave surface, it will serve to accommodate the round surface of a handle, and that the edges 14 and 15 of the concave surface will tend to hold the handle contacting with the surface against lateral displacement when an article is held in position, as shown in Fig. 2. The combination of the roughened surface, the edges of the roller and the clamping element 12 will thus serve to hold securely the handle of the article until the user desires to release the same.

The operation of my device is as follows: When the handle of a broom or other article is inserted in the clamping ring and is raised to the desired height, the handle will contact with the roller and being released from the hand of the user will fit snugly in the concave surface of the roller. Thus a binding action takes place when the clamping ring presses tightly around the surface of the handle of the article. In order to release the handle from the holder, all that is necessary is to move the handle upwardly and the roller will move upon its pivot and thus allow free movement of the broomhandle within the clamping ring'and consequently the handle can be very easily released by withdrawing the same from the clamping ring.

It is to be understood that the form of my invention herewith shown and described, is to be taken as a preferred example of the same, and that various changes in the shape,

size and arrangement of parts may be resorted to Without departing from'the spirit of the invention or the scope of the subjoined claims. a

Having thus described my invention, I claim zv I 1. A device of the character described comprising a bracket member, a roller having a concave roughened surface and being pivoted to said bracket at a point adjacent the edge thereof, said roller having edges formed by the concave surface to prevent lateral displacement of an article resting thereon, and a clamping element "attached to said roller and adapted to embrace the article inserted in the clampin element. 2 device 0 the character described comprising a bracket member, said bracket member comprising separable sections, each section terminating in an angular lip at one end and an angular jaw at the opposite end, thereof, a concave roller eccentricallypivoted to the jaws of said bracket member and pro- 7 vided with a roughened surface, and a clamping element attached to said roller ata point adjacent the outer edge thefreof and adapted to embrace the article inserted in the clamping element.

In testimony whereof I afiix mysignature.

CHRISTOPHER MoRAE. 

